Author: blass uri
Date: 08:10:07 01/21/00
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On January 21, 2000 at 10:29:03, James T. Walker wrote: >On January 21, 2000 at 10:07:04, blass uri wrote: > >>Rebel century won the game in the Israeli league inspite of the fact that it did >>not have the last book that Ed sent me(it arrived too late) >> >>The rating of the opponent was 2300. >> >>The human who is responsible for the hardware came too late and Rebel had to >>start to play with 7 minutes disadvantage on the clock. >> >>I believe that nur got an advanatge after 15...h6 and 16...g5 of Rebel but Rebel >>did not understand it. >> >>Igor Nur outsearched Rebel and won a pawn by by 29.R2xf5 but Rebel proved later >>that it has a better positional understanding in the endgame and won the game. >> >>Nur offered a draw after 38.Bf4 and I refused because Rebel evaluated the >>position as better for it(inspite of the fact that it was a pawn down) and I >>believed that it has practical chances to win. >> >>After the game someone from the opponent team told me that the position was a >>dead draw and that he did not like the fact that I refused to a draw in a dead >>draw position. >> >>I am going to continue to refuse to draws in "dead draw" positions if I believe >>that Rebel has practical chances to win. >> ><snip> > >Hello Uri, >I haven't looked at the game yet but thanks for the post. I missed it before so >what is the hardware of Rebel? The hardware of Rebel is pentiumIII500 Also, if the position is a dead draw then why >didn't they draw? I do not think that the position is a dead draw and the result is a proof that positions that humans say that they are a dead draw are not a dead draw. I believe that it could be a draw against a GM and I was sure in 90% in the game that the outcome is going to be a draw. Uri
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